TYT INVESTIGATES HAS BROKEN A GOOD STORY, OR COVER THE STORY,
ABOUT THE RACE IN PENNSYLVANIA, THE SPECIAL ELECTION, RICK
SACCONE VS.
CONOR LAMB, SACCONE IS THE REPUBLICAN IN THE RACE, A
LOT OF PRESS IS TALKING ABOUT HOW HE'S NOT DOING WELL IN
FUNDRAISING PERSONALLY.
THEY ARE MISSING THE BIGGER PICTURE ABOUT
THE OVERALL MONEY IN THE RACE IN THE INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES
AND THAT'S WHERE SACCONE IS DOING EXCELLENT, WE WANT TO SHOW
YOU THE REAL NUMBERS AND TALK ABOUT WHY SACCONE IS DOING WELL
IN THAT REGARD.
AS ALEX KOTCH REPORTS HERE --
>> THE OUTSIDE
MONEY IS GOING ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY TO SACCONE.
WHY?
WELL, THE INCREDIBLY RICH COMPANIES AND PEOPLE WANT MORE
TAX CUTS, THEY WANT MORE DEREGULATE IN, AND SACCONE IS
THEIR BOY AND WILL DO AS INSTRUCTED.
LET'S GIVE YOU MORE CONTEXT --
>>
SO DOES HE HAVE POPULAR SUPPORT IN THE DISTRICT?
THAT'S
HOW A LOT OF THE RIGHT WING, ESPECIALLY NATIONAL POLITICIANS,
PAINT MONEY IN THE RACE.
HE'S GOT POPLAR SUPPORT.
NO HE
DOESN'T, IT'S NOT FROM THE DISTRICT. 94% IS OUTSIDE MONEY.
THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT DISTRICT, THEY CARE ABOUT
GETTING ANOTHER CONGRESSMAN WHO WILL VOTE FOR MORE TAX CUTS FOR
THE RICH, MORE DEREGULATION OF THEIR INDUSTRIES, THAT'S WHY
THAT MONEY IS ROLLING IN.
BY THE WAY, DO WE HAVE A DEMOCRACY?
$16
MILLION FOR A HOUSE RACE?
THIS IS AN AUCTION, NOT A DEMOCRACY.
LET'S LOOK AT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS AUCTION
AND BUYING THIS PARTICULAR CANDIDATE --
>>SO THE KOCH BROTHERS, IN ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS ALEX
EXPLAINS, ARE POURING MONEY INTO THIS RACE.
THE LINK TO THE FULL
ARTICLE IS DOWN BELOW IN THE DISCUSSION BOX ON YOUTUBE OR THE
COMMENTS SECTION ON FACEBOOK, ALWAYS LOOK THERE FOR THE LINKS
TO THE STORIES WE TALK ABOUT.
HE LAYS OUT ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS
THE KOCH BROTHERS ARE FUNNELING MONEY INTO THE RACE.
SO, WHY?
WHY DID THE KOCH BROTHERS CARE SO MUCH?
YOU AREN'T GOING TO BE
SURPRISED, IT'S THE SAME OLD STORY I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU --
>> AND THAT WAS MONEY REALLY
WELL SPENT, THAT IS WHY THEY TRY
TO BUY POLITICIANS LIKE RICK SACCONE.
BECAUSE THAT $20
MILLION IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET FOR WHAT THEY MADE FROM THOSE
TAX BREAKS.
THEY BENEFIT TO THE TUNE OF NOT MILLIONS BUT
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
THE KOCH FAMILY GOT BILLIONS, NUTS BEFORE
THE ESTATE TAX.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PASS-THROUGH INCOME, WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT THE TOP RATE BEING LOWERED, CORPORATE TAXES
BEING LOWERED DRAMATICALLY, WHICH IS EITHER GOING TO HELP
KOCH INDUSTRIES BECAUSE OF THE LOWER CORPORATE TAX RATE AND
THEIR PASS-THROUGH ENTITIES, AND THEIR OWN PERSONAL TAXES, AND
THEN THE ESTATE TAX.
BILLIONS IN SAVINGS FOR THE KOCH BROTHERS,
SO SPRINKLING IN A COUPLE PERCENTAGE POINTS TO CHEAP
POLITICIANS LIKE RICK SACCONE IS ACTUALLY A GOOD RETURN ON
INVESTMENT.
PERHAPS WE SHOULDN'T LET THEM PRIVATELY FINANCED OUR
ELECTIONS SO THEY DON'T BUY ALL OF OUR POLITICIANS.
BUT IN THIS
CASE IT'S NOT WORKING SO WELL BECAUSE HE'S LOSING THE RACE
EVEN THOUGH THAT'S A HEAVILY REPUBLICAN DISTRICT.
BECAUSE ALL
THE TV ADS THEY ARE BUYING ISN'T WORKING AS MUCH ANYMORE BUT THEY
KEEP GOING TO THAT WELL.
MORE ON WHY THEY MIGHT WANT TO PURCHASE
RICK
SACCONE --
>>SO, GOOD PAT ON THE HEAD FOR RICK.
GOOD JOB, KEEP VOTING FOR
THOSE TAX CUTS THAT ARE WORTH OVERALL TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR
THE RICH AND FOR MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS.
IT'S NOT THE ONLY
ISSUE THEY CARE ABOUT, AGAIN ALEX KOTCH LAYS OUT SEVERAL
DIFFERENT ISSUES THEY CARE ABOUT INCLUDING OIL AND GAS INTERESTS
WHICH KOCH INDUSTRIES HAS A LOT OF MONEY TIED UP IN, SACCONE OF
COURSES IN FAVOR OF MORE FRACKING AND MORE FOSSIL FUEL
ENERGIES, IT'S A WIN/WIN FOR KOCH.
ONE MORE HERE --
>>
THE DEREGULATION IS NOT SO THAT AMERICA HAS MORE "FREEDOM,"
IT'S DEREGULATION SO THE KOCH BROTHERS DON'T KEEP HAVING TO
PAY HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN FINES WHEN THEY POLLUTE.
THE
POLLUTION GOES INTO THE AIR AND THE WATER THAT YOU AND YOUR KIDS
BREATHE AND DRINK.
THAT'S INCONVENIENT FOR THEM, THEY
DON'T WANT TO PAY THOSE FINES, THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO POLLUTE
THE RIVERS AND THE AIR WITHOUT HAVING PEOPLE BOTHER THEM SO
WHAT DID THEY DO?
THEY GET A GUY LIKE RICK SACCONE WHO SAYS YOU
WANT TRILLIONS IN TAX CUTS?
CAN DO.
YOU DON'T WANT TO PROTECT
THE ENVIRONMENT OR PEOPLE'S KIDS ARE FAMILIES?
CAN DO.
WHAT ELSE
WOULD YOU LIKE, MR.
KOCH?
YOU WANT ME TO END THE UNIONS
BECAUSE THEY STAND UP FOR YOUR WORKERS AND COLLECT THEM
TOGETHER SO THEY HAVE SOME SORT OF LEVERAGE OVER YOU GUYS WHO
HAVE ABOUT $85 BILLION BETWEEN CHARLES AND DAVID KOCH?
NO
PROBLEM, ATTACK THE UNIONS, THE WORKERS, THE PEOPLE RECEIVING
WAGES FROM KOCH INDUSTRIES.
WHATEVER THE KOCHS WANT,
SACCONE WILL GIVE TO THEM, THAT'S WHY THEY POURED IN ALL
THIS MONEY.
FOR THE TIME BEING IT'S NOT WORKING THAT WELL, IF
YOU LIVE IN THAT DISTRICT THE ELECTION IS TOMORROW AND YOU
MIGHT WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT, BUT THERE'S ONE CANDIDATE
IN THE RACE WHO IS CLEARLY INTERESTED IN REPRESENT IN ONE
FAMILY IN PARTICULAR, THAT IS RICK SACCONE, AND KOCH
INDUSTRIES, THE KOCH FAMILY OVERALL, HAVE TO BE PLEASED
ABOUT THE POLICY POSITIONS OF THEIR CANDIDATE, ALTHOUGH NOT
PLEASED THAT PEOPLE AREN'T BUYING WHAT THEY ARE SELLING
ANYMORE.